תָּעָה

tâʻâh · Hebrew · Strong's H8582 · 50 occurrences

The KJV renders 15 different Hebrew words as “cause to”

What it means

to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

go astray, deceive, dissemble, cause to, make to err, pant, seduce, stagger, wander, be out of the way

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“cause to”

also renders ʼâbad (H6), yâchal (H3176), yâshab (H3427), mâshal (H4910), nûwach (H5117), nâchal (H5157), ʻâbar (H5674), tsâmach (H6779), râkab (H7392), shâbaʻ (H7650), shâkan (H7931), sâmach (H8055), shâmaʻ (H8085), sâraph (H8313)

“deceive”

also renders exapatáō (G1818), planáō (G4105), paralogízomai (G3884), apatáō (G538), phrenapatáō (G5422), hâthal (H2048), nâshâʼ (H5377), ʻâshaq (H6231), pâthâh (H6601), râmâh (H7411), shâgâh (H7686), shâlâh (H7952)

“go astray”

also renders planáō (G4105), shâgag (H7683), shâgâh (H7686)

“seduce”

also renders apoplanáō (G635), planáō (G4105), ṭâʻâh (H2937)

“wander”

also renders planáō (G4105), hâlak (H1980), tsâʻâh (H6808)

“pant”

also renders çâchar (H5503), ʻârag (H6165)

“stagger”

also renders diakrínō (G1252)

“be out of the way”

also renders planáō (G4105)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

50 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 45 verses shown.

2 Chronicles 33:9 · HC/Vhw3ms

Manasseh seduced Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem, so that they did more evil than did the nations whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.

2 Kings 21:9 · HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mp

But they didn’t listen, and Manasseh seduced them to do that which is evil more than the nations did whom Yahweh destroyed before the children of Israel.

Amos 2:4 · HC/Vhw3mp/Sp3mp

Yahweh says: “For three transgressions of Judah, yes, for four, I will not turn away its punishment, because they have rejected Yahweh’s law, and have not kept his statutes, and their lies have led them astray, after which their fathers walked;

Exodus 23:4 · HVqrmsa

“If you meet your enemy’s ox or his donkey going astray, you shall surely bring it back to him again.

Ezekiel 14:11 · HVqi3mp

that the house of Israel may no more go astray from me, neither defile themselves any more with all their transgressions; but that they may be my people, and I may be their God,” says the Lord Yahweh.’”

Ezekiel 44:10 · HR/Vqc

“‘“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will bear their iniquity.

Ezekiel 44:15 HR/VqcEzekiel 48:11 HR/VqcGenesis 20:13 HVhp3cpGenesis 21:14 HC/Vqw3fsGenesis 37:15 HVqrmsaHosea 4:12 HVhp3msIsaiah 3:12 HVhrmpaIsaiah 9:16 HVhrmpaIsaiah 16:8 HVqp3cpIsaiah 19:13 HVhp3cpIsaiah 19:14 HC/Vhq3cpIsaiah 21:4 HVqp3msIsaiah 28:7 HVqp3cpIsaiah 29:24 HVqrmpcIsaiah 30:28 HVhrmsaIsaiah 35:8 HVqi3mpIsaiah 47:15 HVqp3cpIsaiah 53:6 HVqp1cpIsaiah 63:17 HVhi2ms/Sp1cpJeremiah 23:13 HC/Vhw3mpJeremiah 23:32 HC/Vhw3mpJeremiah 42:20 HVhp1cs/Sp3mpJeremiah 50:6 HVhp3cp/Sp3mpJob 12:24 HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mpJob 12:25 HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mpJob 15:31 HVNp3msJob 38:41 HVqi3mpMicah 3:5 HTd/VhrmpaProverbs 7:25 HVqj2msProverbs 10:17 HVhrmsaProverbs 12:26 HVhi3fs/Sp3mpProverbs 14:22 HVqi3mpProverbs 21:16 HVqrmsaPsalm 58:3 HVqp3cpPsalm 95:10 HVqrmpcPsalm 107:4 HVqp3cpPsalm 107:40 HC/Vhw3ms/Sp3mpPsalm 119:110 HVqp1csPsalm 119:176 HVqp1cs

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.